Asymmetric toroidal transmission system

A system comprising:

• an input wheel;
• an input shaft, said input shaft being configured into an engagement with said input wheel, and wherein said input wheel is configured to generally slide axially with said input shaft;
• an output shaft being axially aligned with said input shaft, wherein said output wheel is configured to generally slide axially with said output shaft;
• an output wheel, said output wheel being configured into an engagement with said output shaft, wherein said output wheel is proximately asymmetric with said input wheel in which said input wheel and said output wheel have substantially different radius and shape;
• a variator wheel, said variator wheel comprising at least more than one variator wheel, in which said variator wheel being configured to drive at least one of said input wheel and output wheel, and wherein an angle of sweep of said variator wheel comprising at least 95 degrees while transmitting torque from said input wheel to said output wheel;
• a traction fluid trapped between a peripheral surface of said variator wheel and face surfaces of said input and output wheels, said traction fluid said traction fluid being operable to enable said variator wheel to drive said at least one of said input wheel and said output wheel without a direct contact therewith due to shearing forces in said traction fluid;
• a toroidal cavity being configured for said variator wheel to rotate or sweep, wherein a toroidal cavity surface area is further configured to substantially contain said traction fluid and substantially wraparound said variator wheel;
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• an actuator, said actuator being configured to control an axial sliding of said input wheel or said output wheel and their respective shafts, in which said actuator is further configured to vary a thickness of said traction fluid between said variator wheel and said output wheel by sliding the input and output wheel at least one of apart from each other and towards each other.

Asymmetric toroidal transmission system comprising:

• an input wheel;
• an input shaft, said input shaft comprising a spline input shaft, wherein said input shaft being configured into an engagement with said input wheel, and wherein said input wheel is configured to generally slide proximately axially along said input shaft;
• an output shaft being axially aligned with said input shaft, said output shaft is at least a spline output shaft;
• an output wheel, said output wheel being configured into an engagement with said output shaft, wherein said output wheel is proximately asymmetric with said input wheel, and wherein said output wheel is configured to generally slide proximately axially along said output shaft;
• a variator wheel, in which said variator wheel being configured to drive at least one of said input wheel and said output wheel without a direct contact, wherein an angle of sweep of said variator wheel comprising at least 95 degrees while transmitting torque from said input wheel to said output wheel;
• a traction fluid trapped between a peripheral surface of said variator wheel and face surfaces of said input and output wheels, said traction fluid being operable to enable said variator wheel to drive said at least one of said input wheel and output wheel without a direct contact therewith due to shearing forces in said traction fluid;
• a toroidal cavity, said toroidal cavity being configured to substantially contain said traction fluid, wherein said toroidal cavity being operable to form a substantially enveloping toroidal cavity when said input wheel and said output wheel are approximately aligned together and being configured to substantially wraparound said variator wheel;
• an actuator, said actuator being configured to control an axial sliding of said input wheel or said output wheel on their respective splined shafts, in which said actuator is further configured to vary a thickness of said traction fluid between said variator wheel and said output wheel by sliding the input and output wheel at least one of apart from each other and towards each other;
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• an input power, in which said input power is coupled and transferred to said input wheel, wherein said input power from said input wheel is transferred to said output wheel at a velocity and torque ratio determined by said angle of said variator wheel.

Asymmetric toroidal transmission system comprising:

• an input shaft;
• an input wheel being configured for an axial sliding along said input shaft;
• an output shaft being axially aligned with said input shaft;
• an output wheel, said output wheel being configured for an axial sliding along said output shaft, said output wheel being asymmetric with said input wheel;
• a toroidal cavity;
• three variator wheels disposed within said toroidal cavity and being mounted to or sweep, an angle of sweep of each variator wheel from said three variator wheels comprising at least 95 degrees while transmitting torque from said input wheel to said output wheel;
• a traction fluid trapped, during use of said asymmetric toroidal transmission system between a tapered peripheral surface of said each variator wheel from said three variator wheels and face surfaces of said input and output wheels, said traction fluid being operable to enable said each variator wheel to drive said at least one of said input wheel and said output wheel without a direct contact therewith due to shearing forces in said traction fluid;
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• two actuators, one of said two actuators being configured to control said axial sliding of said input wheel and another one of said two actuators being configured to control said axial sliding of said output wheel, said two actuators being further configured to vary a thickness of said traction fluid between said variator wheel and said input and output wheels by sliding said input and output wheels at least one of apart from each other and towards each other.